Harness-pad



(No Model.)

E. F. PFLUBGER.

' HARNESS PAD.

No. 399,074. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

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UNITED STATES ATnNT @Tirreni ERNEST F. PFLUEGER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

HARNESS-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,074, dated March 5,1889'.

' Application filed Ootober 31, 1888. Serial No. 289,500. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

.lle it known that l, ERNEST F. PFLUEGER, a citizen ot' the UnitedStates, and a resident ol Akron, in the count-57 of Summit and State ot'Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in MedicatedSweaePads; and l do doelare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part ot this specification.

Figure l ofk the drawings is a representation ot' this invention, andshows the `under side of the pad. Fig. 2 is a plan view of onehalf ofthe pad, and shows the healing-suhstances spread upon the inside. Fig. 3is a section across the pad.

This invention has relation to sweat-pads for healing sore necks ofhorses; and it consists in the construction and novel combination oiparts, all as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the elaimappended.

ln the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the pad, which isof the ordinary elongated form, and is made of strong eloth, through themeshes of which the medicated compound inelosed may aet. The sweat-padis made in a bag form and the compound is placed inside and spread outin a flattened layer, so thattwo sides of the pad may approximate eachother. The pad is then stitched or quilted, as indicated at 71 b,so thatit will be held in place within it. The medicated compound or fillingconsists of ground f cork7 sulphate of Zine, acetate of lead, earbolieacid7 salicylic aeid, and starch. The corkin this ground form serves tohold the medicinal ingredients, and will absorb the perspiration when inuse without eaking or hardening. It forms a light and elastic pad welladapted for the purpose in View.

To the inner surface of the sweat-pad, or to that su rfaee whieh isapplied to the neck or the shoulder ot' the animal, I design to secure asection ot eloth to which has been applied some healing' solution-suchas the sulphate of zine or acetate of lead-or the cloth of the paditself maybe treated with such a solution. I prefer, however, to use anadditional section of clotlnin order that it may be replaced when wornor exhausted. It will thus serve as a re-entoreenient or guard to theeloth of the pad itself.

Having described this invention, what I The medicated sack-pad forharness, consisting of the medicated cloth sides and an intermediateflattened layer of ground cork and astrin gent chemicals with starch andcarholie acid, said sides being held together by edge stitehes and byquilting-seams through said intermediate layer, substantially asspecitied.

In testimony whereof l affix mysignatnre in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST F. PFLUEGER.

lVitnesses:

T. XV. WAKEMAN, i R. lV. SADLER.

claim, and desire to seenre by Letters Patent,

